[ga] Confused by registrar sale of deleting domains...

["Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have not yet paid for the renewal of the following domains, registered in my name:

kathrin.info
princewilliam.info
roberta.info

They were originally obtained via Pool.com and registered by Namescout.com

My understanding was that I could still redeem these names during a "Redemption Period".

Now I find that, prior to any Pending delete phase (as administered by Afilias) these three names are being offered for auction through Pool.com
http://www.pool.com/DomainsForSaleList.aspx?ea=dmhotlist&keyword=kathrin.info
http://www.pool.com/DomainsForSaleList.aspx?ea=dmhotlist&keyword=princewilliam.info
http://www.pool.com/DomainsForSaleList.aspx?ea=dmhotlist&keyword=roberta.info

My questions are these:

According to the ICANN/Registry rules, do I have the right to renew these names (which are presumably in redemption)?

Do Registrars (Namescout) or other entities (Pool) have the right to try to sell a domain registered by me which is now in the Deletion-Redemption-Expiry process?

Are there any ICANN rules at all, or is it anything goes?

What is ICANN's actual deletions policy, and the policy of Afilias?

with kind regards,

Richard Henderson
www.atlarge.org